Attachment for pool-tables.



M. S. POST & T. LA FAYETTE.

ATTACHMENT FOR POOL TABLES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7, 1913.

1,089,262. Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

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M. S. POST & T. LA FAYETTE. ATTACHMENT FOR POOL TABLES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.7,1913,

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

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MARION SuPOSTAND' THOMAS LA FAYETTEQ OF MIDDLE'I'OWN, OHIO.

ATTACHMENT FOR POtJL-TABLES.

Specification of Letters Patent- Patented Mar. 3,1914.

Application filed February 7, 191?. Serial No. 746,960.

To all whom it man concern: J

following is a specification.

The invention relates to pool tables and more particularly to the class of pool table attachments The primaryobject of the invention is the provision of a pool table attachment wherein the balls used in the playing of the game when rolled into the pockets in the table'will be conveyedto a receiver common to the said pockets, thereby avoiding the necessity of collecting the balls in the ordinary well-known manner from the respective pockets in the table.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a pool table attachment wherein the balls when shot from the playing bed into the pockets thereof will be conveyed to one end. of the table, thus enabling the same to be conveniently collected by the players or an attendant when racking the balls for the starting of a new game of pool.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a pool table attachment which can be readily applied to an ordinary pool table without requiring any change or modi fication in the make-up or construction of the. table itself, and also which will enable the balls used in the playing of a game of pool to be collected in a noiseless manner.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a pool table attachment wherein the balls will be conveyed-to a re ceiver which will deposit the same within the triangular-shaped frame which is held within a drawer below the receiver, thus enahling the balls to be properly racked upon the playing surface of the pool table or removing the drawer from the attachment.

A still further object of the invention is i the provision of a pool table attachment lit) which is simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and eliicient in its purpose, and inexpensive in manufacture.

With theseand other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination andv arrangement oi parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustratedin the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspeo tive view of a pool table showing the attachment constructed in accordance with the invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a transverse longitudinal sectional view through the-table, showing in plan the attachment.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical longitudinal sectional view through one portion of the attachment. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary vertical transverse sectional view on the line 4- of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the tray-with the lid closing the opening in the bottom. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the drawer removed from beneath the tray,

showing the rack held therein. Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the line 7--7 of Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through-the tray with the drawer and rack frame removed.

Similar reteren'ce characters indlcate corre-v spondmg parts throughout the several vlews m the drawing.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 5 designates a pool table of the ordinary -well-known construction having the usual are inclined in the same directionfrom oneend of the table to the other so that the balls which. are used in the playing of a game of pool may gravitate to the startingend of the table fronr the opposite end thereof, while-the'end stretch of the track or raceway 9 has portions 11 thereof inwardly inclined and communicates with a receiver or tray 12 arranged at a medial point of the I table end between the said portions 11,

'whereby the balls when delivered into the any suitable manner.

The lower open ends of the pockets 6 and 7 are connected to tubular delivery spouts within the pockets thereinto, whereby the said balls will gravitate to the receiver or tray 12 at the end of the table 5 designated .as the starting end thereof. Arranged upon the bed of the track or raceway 8 1n a-linementwith each of the delivery spouts let is a pad 15 suitable to render the track or raceway 8 at each of the said points noiseless.

The receiver or tray 12 is of a size sufficient to accommodate all of the balls used in playing a game of pool, and is preferably of rectangular shape. Located below the tray 12 is a triangular-shaped drawer frame 16 in which is removably mounted a drawer 17, the latter being provided with an open side 18 and is adapted to receive a triangular-shaped racking frame 19 of the ordinary construction for racking the balls v upon the playing surface of the pool table" as usual, the bottom of the tray 12 being formed with an opening 20 which is normally closed by means of a removable cover 21, and on the removal of the said cover the balls from the stretches of the raceways 11 will be deposited within the rack held within the drawer so that on removing the V latter the same can be placed upon the playing surface of the table and the rack frame removed for the racking of the balls thereon. The cover 21 is formed with a central opening 21 which serves as a finger hold to permit a person to raise the cover from its seat in the receiver or tray 12 so that the balls gravitating from the raceways into the receiver or tray will be deposited in the rack 19 held within the drawer l7 slidably fitted within the frame 16 therefor.

At the point of communication of the inclined portions 11 of the end stretch of the track 8 and arranged within the tray 12 are removable partitions 22 which are placed within the said tray 12 to guide the balls intothe triangular shaped racking frame when held within. the drawer. On the placing of the lid within the tray 12 to close the opening in the bottom thereof the balls will roll into the said tra and can be manually removed therefrom or the racking of the same on the playing surface of the pool table. When the lid is placed in the tray 12 to close the opening in the bottom thereof the partitions 22 are removed so as not to interfere with the balls when rolling into the tray 12 and to be caught thereby.

Adapted to be removably inserted. within the pockets 6 and 7 are cup-shaped members 23 which are used by the players when it is desired not to have'thc balls travel in the track or raceways 8 and into the receiver at one end of the table. t lhen the cup-shaped members 23 are removed the balls will drop into the tracks and be delivered into the receiver in the manner as hereinbe'fore described.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction and manner of operation of the device will be clearly understood, and therefore a more extended explanation has been omitted.

What is claimed is 1. The combination with a pool table, of a tray mounted at one end of the table, means including inclined runways, to conduct the balls to the tray from the pockets in the table, a removable rack frame drawer supported below the tray, a lid arranged within the tray and adapted to be removed for establishing communication between it and the said drawer.

2. The combination, with a pool table, of a tray mounted at one end of the table,

-means including inclined runways to conduct the balls to the tray from the pockets in the table, a removable rack frame drawer supported below the tray, a lid arranged within the tray and adapted to be removed for establishing communication between it and the said drawer, a drawer frame mounted on the tray and removably supporting the drawer, and removable means for cutting off communication between the pockets of the table and the runways when the lid is seated within the tray.

In testimony whereof we aiiix our signatures in presenceof two witnesses.

MARION S. POST. THOMAS LA FAYETTE.

Witnesses:

W. T. HARRISON, Lo'rrm HOWARD. 

